Sewing-machine for embroidering.



D. NOBLE.

SEWING MACHINE POR EMBROIDERING.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 4, 1911.

149l,52. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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SEWING MAGHNE POR EMBROIDERING;

APPLIGATION FILED 00T 4, 1911.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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IN l/EA/ TOR ama 7am@ www@ /1 TTURNEV D. NOBLE.

SEWING MAGHINBFOR EMBROIDBRING.

ABPLIUATION FILED 0014, 1911.

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Amm/Ey D. NOBLE.

SEWING MACHINE FOR. EMBROIDRING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-4,1911.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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IN VEN TOR ATTORNEY DONALD? NOBLE, or Barnenronr, connu cTrc'UT,Assrenon. To THE FACTURING COMPANY, A conronATIoN or New JERSEY.

SINGER `MANU'- SEWIN'G-MACHENE FOR EMBROIDERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 7,1913.

Application filed October 4, 1.911. Serial No. 652,820.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it knownv that l, DONALD NOBLE, a subjectof the KingV of Great Britain, residing at Bridgeport, and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSewing-Machines for Embroidering, of which thefollowing is aspecification, .reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention rela-tes to improvements in sewing machines forembroidering, cially those employed for sewing to a body fabricornamental fabrics consisting of braids, tapes, edgings, ribbons, or thelike, and to this end the stitch-forming mechanism is combined with auniversal feeding mechanism and braid supply and guiding' elements, sothat by a change inthe direction of t-he feed of the trimming withrespect to the line of seam formation, trim'- ming may be sewed eithertol one or both sides of a body fabric by employing either exposed orhidden stitches.

The above referred to new and useful characteristics, together withother improved means, are fully illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter described and claimed.

Y In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in theseveral figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1is a view in front side elevation of the improved sewing machine, thebedplate and vbracket arm being broken out to better illustrate certaindetails in construction. Fig. 2 is a rear side elevation of Fig. 1, thearm bracket being broken out to better illustrate the take-up-actuat-ingcani. Fig. 3 is a view in front end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is anunderside view of Fig. 1. F i" 5 is a view in central vertical section othe arm bracket cylinder, needle-carrying bar and parts carried by saidcylinder, together with a full-line view of the feed-lever. Fig. 6 is anenlarged view in cross-section on the line' 6, 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is arear. side view of the upper end portion of the bracket arm face-plate,illustrating the cams and coacting levers for moving the feeding footvertically and'ho-rizontally and for'actuating the braid-guide nipple.Fig. 8 is a detail ofthe hand crank shaft and parts carried by it,together with a vertical section of a portion of the bed-plate and inthercounty of Fairfield:

espesingle needle construction illustrated bracket arm standard. Fig. 9isa view'in front side elevation ofV that portionof the stop-motionmechanism arranged in the arm standard, together with a portion of themain or needle-bar-driving shaft.. Fig. 10 is a. view, mainly insection, of certain elements comprising the stop-motion mechanism to bereferred to hereinafter. Fig. 11 is'a view in'cross-section on the line11, 11, Fig, 1'. Fig. 12 is an enlarged view in crosssection, directlybelow the line 12, 1,2, Fig. 3. Fig. 13 comprises full-line sectionaland perspective viewsl of the needle-plate and needle-plate bracket usedin connection with multiple needles, as distinguished from the in Figs.1, 2, 3, 5 larged view in central section of the braidguide nipple,illustrating in dotted lines the position of the braid or trimming foreffecting both exposed and hidden stitches when applying 'the b raidtothe upper side of the body fabric. Fig. 15 is a rear side elevation ofthe.needle-bar-actuating gate,

toget-her with the cam roller, in section.

Fig. 16 is a detail View nipple actuating cam.

1 represents the bed-plate of the sewing machine upon which is mountedthe bracket arm comprising the arm bracket 2 and arm standard 3, 4 thearm bracket face-plate, 5 the main or needle-barfdr'iving shaft mountedin said bracket arm, and 6 the hand. or

of the braid-guide band wheel, said main shaft carrying1 at its forwardend the shaft flange 7 provided witha cam roller 8 which tracks va camgroove 9 formed in the needle-bar-actuating gate 10, said gate beingmounted to move verticallv in suitable bearings formed insaidface-plate.

11 represents a rotary cylinder mounted in suitable bearings, as 12,located at the opposite ends of the face-plate 4 and provided with asliding collar 13 which is embraced by a forkedconnection 14 formedintegral with said needle-bar-actuating gate 10.

15 is a hollow needle-bar which is mounted to move vertically in thecylinder 11 and provided with oppositely arranged lugs, as 16,which passthrough slots, as 17, formed in said cylinder, and to these lugs issecured -by screws, as 18, the sliding collar 13, thus,

through the action of the cam i'oller 8 on the cam groove 9,stitch-forming movements and 14. Fig. 14 is an enare transmitted fromthe main shaft to said needle-bar and its attached eye-pointed l needle19.

' p ate 1, and

represents the looper-actuating lever mounted to oscillate in a bracket21 secured b screws, as 22, to the-underside of the bed- 23 represents acrank connection which, at its upper end, embraces a crank24 carried bythe main shaft 5, and at iii said bracket 1s mounted the lower end ofitslower end is connected by a Vball-andsocket joint A25v with lthe rearend of said loop-taker-actuating lever.

i 26' represents a bracket formed integral with the 'forward support 27of the bedlate 1, and in asuita le bearing 28formed a vertically'arranged hollow 'standard 29 shaft being mounted on suitable pintlescrews, as 41, (one only of which is shown,

see Fig. 3) secured inthe toothed disk 42 vcarried by the standardbracket 43 secured by pinch screw 44 to the hollow standard 29.

45V represents the hook shaft driver which' is mounted to moveverticallyupon the holformedninl the peripheryI of said y needle-thread take-upupon. whether vone or cured by a suitable pinch screw low standard 29and provided with oppositely arranged threaded openings, as 46,

which coact with spirally-threaded shafts 37 and 38, respectively, tooscillate the attached loop-taker or loop-takers, as 48,dependent twoneedles are being used, said driver being secured by screws, as 49,tolugs, as 51, 'of the' hollow hook shaft driver carrier 53 mounted in thestandard 29. To transmit verticaly movements from the oscillating lever20 to the hook shaft driver 45, the forked end 54 of'saidlooptaker-actuating lever is provided with rollers, as 55, whichcoact'with a groove 57 hook shaft driver.

Upon the main shaft 5 is mounted a cam 58 provided-with a cam groove 59in which tracksva roller 60 carried by an arm 61, the latter being se-(not shown) upon the uprightshaft G3 which, in turn, is mounted in abracket 64 secured by screws, as 65, upon the upper side of the bracketarm 2,j`the shaft G3 having secured to its upper rend they needle-threadtake-up lever 66 provided at its free end with a selfthreadingthread-eye 67.

68 represents the feeding' foot carrying bar provided at its lower endwith a detachable feeding foot 69 and pivoted at its upper end by pin 70to a collar 71 loosely mounted on the cylinder 11, said collar beingprovided with. a pin7 2 which enters a bearing in the lug 74 formedintegral with the feedlift bar 75 mounted to move vertically' in theguideway 76 formed in the face-plate 4 and guideway 77 secured to saidface-plate.

78 represents alug formed integral with the lower end of the feed-liftbar 75, said lug being acted upon by the 'arm 79 of a bell-crank lever80 fulcrumed upon a stud 81, which latter' is'threaded into vthe rearside of the face-plate 4, the arm 82 of said bell-crank lever .beingprovided at its free end with a roller 83 which coacts withl aperipheral cam 84 carried by the main shaft 5,- thus vertical movementsare transmitted to the feeding foot 69 through the connections including68, 71,80 and 84. Y

y 85 represents Va spring having arms 86 and.87, lthe former of whichenters a suitable opening formed in the face-plate 4 and the arm 87enters an opening in the lug 88 carriedby the feed-lift bar 75, saidspring acting in opposition to the cam 84 to h old the Vfeeding foot 69down upon the material.

-For giving to the-feeding foot its feed movements, the main shaft 5 isprovided with a peripheral cam 89 which coacts with a roller 90 carriedbythe free end of an arm 91 of a bell-crank lever 92, which latter ispivoted upon a stud 93 threaded into the rear face of the face-'plate 4,the arm 94 of said lever coacting with a lug 95 carried by the feed-bar96 to move the latter. downward in opposition to the resiliency of ,thespring 97, said feed-bar being mounted in a bearing 98 formed in theface-plate 4 and bearing 99 secured to said face-plate. Formed integralwith the feed-bar 96 is a forked connection 100 which enters 'a groove101 formed in the cam collar 102 mounted loosely on the cylinder V11,and to the feeding foot carrying bar 68 there is secured by pin 103 afeed ring 104 embracing a groove 105 formed in the feed-disk 106,v thelatter being provided with acentral opening 107 into which extends aguide block 108 secured by screws, as 109, to the cylinder 11. The block108 is provided with a grooved lug 110 in which is pivotally mounted ona pin 111 the feed-lever 112, the lower end of which latter enters anopening 113 formed in the feed-disk 106. its opposite end being actedupon by the cam portion 114 formed 'on the cam collar 102, which camportion causes the lower end of said feedlever to move the feed-disk andthe operatively connected feeding foot G9 in opposition to theresiliency of springs, as. 115, mounted upon respect-ive screw s, as116, the free ends of said springs entering suitable openings, as 117,formed in said feed-disk.

118 represents the braid-guide nipple-ac ion incassati tuating camsecured upon the main shaft 5, said cani being provided with twocamportions 119, 120 which coact with the free end of the arm 121 of thebell-crank lever 122, which latter is mounted upon the stud screw 123threaded into the rear side of the faceplate 4. The free end of the' arm124 of said bell-crank lever coacts with a lug 125 carried by t-hebraid-guide nipple lifting rod 126 mounted to lmove vertically in thebearings 99 and 99', the upper 'end of the rod 126 being located at therear of the bar 96, and the lowerarmof the spring 97 acting upon theupper end of said rod 126 to ho-ld the latter depressed in opposition tothe action of said cam portion. .The rod 126 at its lower end isprovided with a -forked Alever 12Tr which enters a cam groove 128 formedin the braidguide nipple lifting "collar, 129 mounted loosely upon thecylinder 11, and to a downwardly extended portion 130 of said guidecollar is secured by screws, .as 131, the braidguide nipple 132. Thefunction of the cam portion 119 of the cam 118 is to lift the guide 132suiiiciently to permit the body fabric to be ro-tated beneath the needleand ret-ain the same in this position until the takeup has tightened thestitch, when the cam portion 120 raises said guide to its highestposition so as to permit the body fabric, together with the attachedtrimming, to be freely advanced under said guide.

133 represents the feeding foot lifting lever pivoted by screw upon theface-plate 4 and provided :with a cam' portion 135 which coacts with thelower end wall of the feed-lifting bar 75 to raise the foot 69 in theusual manner.

136 is a stitch-regulating screw threaded into the upper end of theface-plate 4, the lower endof which contacts with the lug 95 tolimit theupward movement of the feedbar 96, the nut 137 acting to hold said screwagainst accidental movement.

138 represents the hand crank shaft mounted at its upper end in a.bearing 139 and at it's lower end in a bearing 140, the latter beingformed in a bracket 141 secured by screws, as 142, to a dependingportion 143 of the bed-plate 1., To the lower end of the crank shaft 138is secured by a pinch connection 144 a crank arm 145 carrying at itsouter end a crank handle 146 loosely mount-- ed upon a metal bushing 147which, in turn,

is slidably mounted upon a depending rod 148 secured in said crank arm.

149 represents a bevel gear secured on the crank shaft 138, which gearmeshes with. a like gear 150 carried by a horizontal shaft- 151 mountedin suitable bearings located at the underside of the bed-plate of thesewing machine.. The opposite end of said horizontally mounted shaft isprovided with a bevel gear 152 which meshes with a like gear 153 carriedby the upright shaft 154 mounted at i im its upper end in the bracket155 secured to 'fthe .underside of the bed-plate 1, the lower end ofsaid shaft being mounted in a suitable bearing formed in the bracket 26,and upon said upright Jshaft is mQunted a toothed wheel 15T which mesheswith the like toothed wheel 42 carried by the hollow shaft 29, thus,through the connections including 138, 151 and4 154, rotary movementsare transmitted from the crank handle 146 to the hollow shaft 29 andparts carried by the latter., To the upper end, of the crank. shaft 138is secured asecond bevel gear 158 which meshes with a like gear 159,carried by a horizontal shaft 160 mounted in' suitable bearings formedin the bracket arni 2, and at the forward end of the shaft 160 ismounted a second bevel gear 161 which meshes with a. corresponding gear162 formedon a collar 163 secured upon the cylinder 11, thus, throughthe connections including 138 and 160, rotary movements are transmittedfrom the crank handle 146 to the cylinder v11 in a manner common touniversal feedsewing machines.

In the free end of the overhanging arm 164 of the bracket 64 carried bythe bracket arm 2 is secured against rotation a hollow hub 165 uponwhich is `rotatably mounted a sprocket wheel 166 and upon the upper sideof said wheel is suitably secured a thread and thread-tension plate 167provided with suitable spool-holding wires (not shown),

thread-tensions, as 168, and thread-checks,`

as 169. For giving rotary movements 'to the plate 167 corresponding tothe rotary movements of the cylinder 11 and hollow standard 29, thehorizontal shaft 160 is provided with a. worm gear 170 which meshes witha gear 171 carried by the upright shaft 172 mounted at its lower end ina bearing formed in the bracket arm at its upper end in a bearing formedin the bracket 64, said shaft carrying at its upper end a sprocket wheel173 corresponding in diameter to the sprocket wheel 166, a belt 174acting to transmit motion from one to the other of said sprocket wheels.

175 represents the cord or tape supply bracket'secured by a screw 176upon the Lipper end of the cylinder 11, and in said bracket are secured,by suitable screws, holders, as 179, upon which are mounted braid ortape supply spools, as 181. To guide the braid or tapefrom the supplyspools to the action of the needle or needles, suitable grooves 185 and186 of unlike proportions are formed in the cylinder 11 to accommodatedifferent widths of braid or trimming. 1n order that the braid or tape.

mav be )rotected from becoming soiled as it passes along that portion ofthe cylinder 11 embraced by its bearings, the grooves 185 and 186 areconnected attheir upper ends with tubular openings 187 and 188,

- (see Fig. 14) of thel braid-guide nipple'- 132,

when it is passed through the opening 192v formed 1n said standard,`down through the 'needle opening 193 andout undertheV tom ofi thenipple132in the directionpf..

'the feed, which is indicated by the arrow,

causingt-he needle to enter andemergefronn the so-termed y blind lor"hidden stitches. The -opening 190' directs the braid 'a5' through theneedle vopening 193, in front of the needle and out under the bottom ofthe foot in the direction ofthe feed, thuskef'- fecting the ordinarythrough-and-'through or exposed stitches.

For securing the braid to t-he underside of the bod-y fabric either byexposed or hidden stitches, there is secured to the lower end of thehollow standard 29 a.. spool carrying bracket v194 provided iwith abraid supply spool 195, thebraid beingeled from .said spool up throughthe opening 196 in the hollow standard'29l and out through a suitableopening (not shown) formed in the bracket 30, from which point it is ledthrough a'suitable braid-guide (not shown) formed in the needle-platebracket 32, when it is passed through 'a suitable braid and needleopening (not shown) formed in the `needle-plate 33 and continued inalike di- 'rectionacr'oss the,l upper surface of -said 'fplatef'freffecting the ordinary exposed lstitch. To cause the needle to .enterand. vemerge from the same side of the braid for the purpose ofeffecting hidden stitches,

-the operator loosens the screw` 200 and moves the toothed disk 157 outof engagement with the toothed disk 42, followed by giving tothestandard 29 and parts carried by it a half revolution, when the toothedvdisk 157. is again secured in operative relationship withthe tootheddisk 42, followed by re-setting the needle a half turn or in a positioncorresponding tothe adjustment of the toothed disk '42 and,consequently, the feeding foot, owing to the changed relationship of thebraid guide 47 with respect to the Vfeed movements of the feeding foot69,

.effects a travel o'f the braid over the needleplate 33 in a directionopposite to the travel of said braid beneath said needle-plate, or

"in a direction to cause the-braid to travel over the. needle-plate injsup'erposed relationship with its travel beneath said plate.

The sectional views a and b, perspective c, plan d and underside view eof Fig. 13 illustrate the details in construction of the' needle-platebracket 32 and needle-plate 33', for use in connection with two needlesand two loop-takers, which differ from. the corresponding elements 32and 33 of Fig.

3 only in the matter of't-heibraid and needle opening kin theneedle-plate andthe provision for mounting two loop-takersinstead ofone; -accordin ly,j-a descri tion of Vthe needle-plate brac etfjfand nle-plate -for efectingmultiple'seams is deemed sufficient @for anunderstanding'of the construction: of `theJ-'corresponding elements y32landl 33 for ei'ecting'a. .-single.- seamf i "Referring to Fig., 13,in-connectiOnwith. y l l [Fig-:3, the'ne'edle-platebracket`32 is se-Athe :same side of the braidv and. thus, effecty cured uponthe bracket 30by screw 31, and

@.theneedlefplate ,-33 'is `secured upon the bracketv 32 by screw 34,said' needle-plate` being provided with a depending portion 35 whichenters an l'opening 36 formed in said needle-plate bracket, saiddepending portion' being provided with grooves, as 40, which .act asneedle-,guards and assist in forming the needlefthrea'd loops.

' 47 represents a braid-guide which leads the braid from theopening196-n the standard 29 to the underside of the needleplate 33',where said guide 47 joins the guide50 formed in said needle-plate todirect said braid through the braid and needle opening 52 formed in thelast mentioned plate, the loop-takers 48 being located so that theirloop-seizing points will travel close to the curvilinear walls, as 56,or in 'position to seize their respective needle-thread loops asl theneedles recede from the grooves 40. In the construction .of the'stop-motion mechanism now to be described, the crank 24 carried by themain shaft 5 is detachably connected with the band or liandlwheel- Shaft201 mounted `in a bushing 202 secured by screw 203 in the bracket arm 2,the inner endv of said band wheel 'shaft vcarrying a flangev 204provided with an opening 205 with which a bolt 206 carried byl a camflange 207 coacts, at the will of the operator, to determine the actionand inaction of the main shaft relative to the shaft 201, as willnow beexplained;

208 represents a bracket secured by screws, as 209,'to'the, inner rearwall of the standard 3, and on said bracket is pivoted, by

screw 210, a cam lever 211 'carrying at its upper end a roller (notshow-n) carried by the vroller stud 212 which tracks a cam groove 213fo-rmed in the cam 207 the .latter having movements on the main shaft inthe direction of its length'in opposition to the resiliency of thespring 214 mounted on saidshaft and confined thereon by a pin 21,5 andWasher 216.

In the bracket 208 is mounted a stop-mo' ,tion releaseslide 217 providedwith a forked lug 218 which enters a groove 219 formed vin the slidingcollar -220 mounted on the crank shaft 138, dwhich shaft is made hollowfrom vits lowerend a 'distance sutlicient to`a c commodate a slide rod221 mounted 1n said hollow portion and connected at its upper 'of saidcrank shaft.

end with the sliding. collar 220, said rod being held depressed by aspring 222 confined between the upper end of said slide rod and the endwall of the hollow portion The lower end of the slide rod 221 ispivotally connected, by a pin 223, with a rock-lever 224i carrying atits opposite end a roller 225 which enters a groove 226 formed in thehollow bushing 1117 carrying the Vcrank handle 146. rlhe stop-motionrelease slide 21T is provided at "its upper end with a lug 227 which,when 4 the machine is in operation, is located above he lug. 228 carriedby the lever 211, thus ermitting the cam groovek 213 to continuouslyoscillate lthe lever 211 and allow the i --spring 214 to force the bolt206 into operative relationship with the opening 205 formed in theflange 204, which adjustment is effected and maintained zby the operatorforcing the crank handle 146 downward in opposition to theresiliency ofthe spring 222. When it is desire-d to bring the maJ -chine to rest, theoperator allows the crank handle 1116 to be moved upward by the actionof the spring 222, which causes the lug 227 carried by the release slide217 to drop vin line with the travel of the lug 228 extending inwardfrom the lowerend of the lever 211, and in the further rotation .of themain 'shaft 5 the action` of the camgroove 213 upon the lever 211 causessaid lever to withdraw the bolt 206 from engagement with the opening205, thus arresting the action of the main shaft 5 independent of therotation of the shaft 201 and parts carried by the latter.

ln order that the main shaft 5 when it is brought to rest may alwaysregister the needle in the same posit-ion above the throatplate, thereisprovided a verticallydnovablev spring-yielding plunger 2.35 seated in asuitable pocket -(not shown) formed in the bracket 208, the upper end ofsaid -plunger' lbeingwedge-shaped, and when the bolt 206 is withdrawnfrom the opening'205, the end of said plunger rides the lperiphery ofthe VA flange 207 until it coacts with the `notch 240,

thus registering the main shaft 5 in its predetermined position. A

24.11 represents aflange secured to the cylinder 11 and seated in abearing 24:2 formed in the lower ofthe bearings 12 in which saidcylinder is journaled, 'said iiange acting to hold said cylinderagainstmovement 1n the direction of. its length.

1. In an embroidering machine, vthe combination with a bed-plateprovided with a cloth-plate, a bracket-arm, a fabric-feeding mechanism,a feed-directing mechanism, a. stitch-forming mechanism including arotary I cylinder mounted .in said bracket-arm and in which is mounted avertically movable needle-bar carrying an eye-pointed needle, a rotarystandard mounted below said bed- 'a needle-carrying bar and a rotarystandard,

the lat-ter having a cent-ral opening for the passage of a trimmingfabric and carrying at its upper end a thread-holding loop-taker havingoscillatory stitch-forming movements on its own axis in a planetransverse to the line of needle actuation and movements about the aXisof vsaid standard.

3. lin an embroidering machine,the combination with a bed-plate providedwith a cloth-plate," a bracket-arm, a fabric-feeding mechanism,feed-directing mechanism, a

stitch-forming mechanism including a rotary cylinder mounted in saidbracket-arm and in which is mounted a vertically movable needle-barprovided with an eye-pointed needle, a rotary standardmounted below saidbed-plate and operatively connected with the feed-directing mechanism,said standard carrying at. its upper end a looptaker for carrying a massof under thread and having oscillatory stitch-forming movements in aplane substantially parallel to the plane of said cloth-plate, saidcylinder and standard each being provided with trimming fabric holders,and suitable guides for directing and laying the trimming fabricscarried by said holders on their respectivesides of the fabric beingembroidered and in position to'be pierced by said eye-pointed needle inits movements to form stitches.

4. ln an embroidering machine, the combination with a bed-plate providedwith a cloth-plate, a bracket-arm, a fabric-feeding mechanism, afeed-directing mechanism, a stitch-forming mechanisml including .arotary cylinder mount-ed in said bracket-arm and in which is mounted avertically movable needle-bar provided with an eye-pointed needle, arotary standard mounted below said bed-plate and operatively connectedlwith the feed-directing mechanism, said standard carrying at its upperend a looptaker for carrying a mass of under thread and havingoscillatory stitch-forming move- .ments in a plane substantiallyparallel to the plane of said cloth-plate, said cylinder and standardeach being provided with trim- 'l ming fabric holders, and suitableguides for directing and'layin Ithe trimming fabrics carried by. saidhol ers on their respective sides of the fabric being embroidered and inposition to be pierced by said eye-pointed needle in its movements toform stitches, said standard and feed-directing mechanism beingadjustable, with respect to each other, tofeed the trimming fabric inopposite directions across the upper surface of said needle-plate.

.5. In 'an embroidering machine, the -combinati'on with a fabric feedingmechanism including means for feeding the fabric in any desireddirection, of a stitch-forming mechanism including an eye-pointedneedle,

^ a needle-carrying bar and a rotary standard,

the latter having a central opening for the passage of'a trimming fabricand carrying at its upper end a thread-holding loop-taker havingoscillatory stitch-forming movements on its own `axis 1n a planetransverse to the line of needle 4actuation and movements about the axisof said standard, and av needle-plate bracket and needle-plate eachbeing provided With a braid-guide and adjustable With respect to itsactuating mechanism to direct the braid to the underside of the bodyfabric in position to be secured either by exposed or hidden stitches.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to'this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DONALD NGBLE.

Witnesses:

ABBIE M. DoNIHnE, LEONARD E. FISCHER.

